bergamot

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɝɡəˌmɑt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːɡəˌmɒt/

Etymology 1

French bergamote, from Italian bergamotta, from Ottoman Turkish بك آرمودی (beg armudu, literally “a lord's pear”), denoting a fattish kind of pear. The European word developed the sense of a fruit of a certain citrus cultivar in the late 17th century.

Noun

bergamot (countable and uncountable, plural bergamots)

1. A tree of the orange family (, syn. ), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume.
2. The fruit from the abovementioned tree
3. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
   • (Can we date this quote by William Cowper and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The better hand […] gives the nose its bergamot.

5. Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent:
   1. , nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
   2. Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
6. A variety of pear.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

Derived terms

• wild bergamot

Translations

Tree

• Greek: περγαμοντιά f (pergamontiá)
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Fruit

• Greek: περγαμόντο (el) n (pergamónto)
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Translations to be checked

• French: bergamote (1)(3)(4)
• Italian: bergamotto (it) m (1,3), bergamotta f (4)
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• Persian: ترنج (fa) (toranj)

Further reading

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Etymology 2

From Bergamo

Noun

bergamot (usually uncountable, plural bergamots)

1. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.

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Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛr.ɣaːˈmɔt/

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• Hyphenation: ber‧ga‧mot
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

bergamot f (plural bergamotten, diminutive bergamotje n)

1. bergamot (pear-shaped citrus fruit)

   Synonym: herenpeer

Derived terms

• bergamotboom
• bergamotolie
• bergamotpeer
• bergamotplant